UNISON has highlighted how the government has recently introduced a new Children and Social Work Bill now working its way through parliament. This new piece of legislation will have far-reaching consequences for all social workers in England, not just children and family social workers. The reforms will allow councils to …

UNISON, in partnership with Community Care, is once again running ‘Social Work Watch’ across the UK to shine a light on a typical working day in social work. take part in the survey here, today! On 21 September we want as many social work staff as possible to fill in …

For the second time in 12 months UNISON has chosen to nominate Jeremy Corbyn for Leader of the Labour Party. This was after an extensive consultation within the union and ballot of members who choose to be members of the Affiliated Political Fund – which links members to the Labour Party …

The latest edition of Branch Lines is now available in both electronic and paper copies. We’ve done our best to distribute paper copies before the start of the school summer holidays to all workplaces where we have members. We want to make sure you are as up to date as …